Data Engineer II (Cloud Streaming)

TL;DR

Data Engineer II (Cloud Streaming): Developing and maintaining server-side applications for shaping, managing, and transforming data on a large geographically distributed infrastructure. Focus on optimizing performance, reliability, and monitoring of the data pipeline stack.

Location: Hybrid

Salary: $150,100—$225,100

Company

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a leading company in the gaming industry.

What you will do

• Design and implement middleware and backend systems capable of handling high throughput and load.
• Develop and maintain stream processing jobs using Flink and implement scalable ETL jobs.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and monitoring of the data pipeline stack.
• Support migration efforts of on-premises Kafka to new cloud technologies.
• Contribute to architectural decisions for PlayStation’s cloud streaming data pipeline.
• Liaise with product domain teams to help turn data into information and business value.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in software development and backend engineering.
• Proficient in JVM Languages (Kotlin, Scala, Java) and Python.
• Experience with Apache Kafka, Flink, Spark, and SQL.
• Knowledge of web technologies including REST, JSON, gRPC, and WebSockets.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services at enterprise scale is a plus.